Plain-English guides to company accounts, Corporation Tax and filing deadlines — plus what AI is actually changing in accountancy, and what it isn't.
"AI-assisted" gets used loosely, so here is the honest version: exactly which parts of your year-end we automate, which parts a qualified accountant does by hand, and why we draw the line where we do.
The thresholds are simple once you see them side by side — and getting this right decides whether you file under FRS 105 or FRS 102.
First-year deadlines catch people out because Companies House and HMRC work to different clocks. Here's how they line up.
If your first accounting period runs past 12 months, HMRC wants two returns. It looks like an error — it isn't.
A dormant company still has obligations. What you owe depends on whether HMRC has actually been told you're dormant.
Uncategorised transactions are the single biggest reason a filing gets delayed — and the easiest thing to fix in advance.
Your accounts have to be machine-readable before HMRC will accept them. Here's what that means in practice.
Automation is excellent at reconciliation and terrible at judgement calls. Knowing the difference is the whole job.
Equipment, vehicles, fixtures — several reliefs go unclaimed simply because nobody asked the right question.
Two different filings, two different purposes, two different deadlines. They're regularly confused for each other.
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